All The Games

  I was reading through some of the videogame news this morning and people were all talking about a new game that went through a beta test this weekend that everybody seems to like. Even I, who really doesn't like competitive multiplayer games, of which this is solely that, thought it looked interesting. Then I saw Xbox One/PC only. Rats. Even though I will never actually play it the idea of it looked interesting and different. Something you don't see very often.

  I don't know, maybe it stirred the thing in me from when I was younger and played everything I could get my hands on. It was easier then with less games available but is so much harder now with so many games to play not to mention less time. Now I get an hour or two each day usually, nowhere near the all day marathons I could do as a young teenager. Then again I do have the major plus point of being married to my wonderful wife :) .

  Still it is fun to see all the games that are around and go "Ooh, I should play that one". At least I don't have a huge 'pile of shame' that a lot of dedicated games have of stuff they really want to play but don't have the time to play. The games just sit there in a pile unopened and unplayed. More often than not I play something for quite a while and where possible finish it. Still seeing a game go on sale for cheap I often think "I can get that one" and then don't knowing I have stuff to play for now.

  Then again I am being good about not just eating everything now as well. I joined my wife in her calorie counting app on her phone. I'm also doing the same and keeping track so I can potentially lose the few pounds I want to. It has worked for her so far and given that I lost a load of weight just by eating less if I track food maybe I can lose that last bit. An interesting experiment for sure although it annoys my wife in that I can eat more calories than her :P .

  Anyway, I'm going to finish my work day, not spend $40 on a game and then look after my wife and cats since they need some care at the moment with allergy shots for my wife, chemo for Fudge and waiting for Boots to sneeze on us.

Keen Cat

  Had a disturbed night last night due to a very happy cat. Fudge is sleeping with us in the bedroom at the moment and most of the time he is happy to curl up somewhere (eventually) and sleep with us. Last night though he was up every hour or two and just wanted to see us. The whole cat face in your face, walking across you to get your attention and scratching at the door to go out. He is always so happy to see us but really wanted us awake to fuss him and pay him attention last night. Kind of tiring but nice.

  He is the only cat we have like that though. The other ones will come over and see us, sit with us (except Archer it seems) and then when they want some time on their own wander off. Fudge, if he isn't sleeping in his tunnel, will always come over to us and want to be with us. He is so keen to be around us and so enamoured with being physically close to us it is amazing. We are the people he adores being with.

  Kind of like how I adore being with my wife. I just feel right around her and can't imagine not being near her and with her all the time.

It Works

  When working from home I use a headset since my computer is also my work phone. I brought my corded headset from work when I started working from home since it works fine. I can listen to stuff and talk on the phone with no worries. However one thing about working from home is there are all sorts of interruptions which involve me getting up from my chair to go someplace else in the house and that involves taking off the headset and putting it back on. This is particularly awkward in meetings since it means I can't listen in any more. For me though the headset worked since I could use it to do what I wanted.

  My wife, being the person she is, suggested I get a bluetooth headset to use. It had never dawned on me to get one. Now though it turned up from amazon today and I'm wearing it right now. I can listen to stuff and get up and walk around and still listen and talk with no problems. Talk about genius. Says something about me that I just go with something since it works for what I want/need. I don't look for something better when I have something that works. My wife though can always find a better thing for us and now I have something better. Yay for wives.

100% Chance

  Good news everybody, there is a 100% chance of rain where I live currently and a very high chance for the foreseeable future. Good thing too really, it has been a dry, if cold, winter so far. Since the snow we had last year there really hasn't been much other than fog. It is good to see weather here living up to its reputation for once. This kind of weather has been missed, those days and days of water coming down. All that water that will filter through the ground and then get pumped back up to be used by us. Weird to think of it like that. Since I need a shower I could just go out there with a bit of shampoo and get clean :) .

  So, more 100% certain things. I will always love my wife. Fudge will always be an awesome cat who still doesn't realise he is sick. I'll always play games. Chips will always be delicious (as well as chocolate, my wife's cooking and food from Jimmy's ;) ).  There are certain things in my life that I will always be certain about. There may be other things that come and go but I have things around me now that I am certain and 100% sure I want to keep that way. I've done alright making the life I wanted for myself and my wife. No need to stress about the big stuff, we will live comfortably until I retire and the assuming things go to plan we will have an even easier life. Being 100% sure on something makes it easy to focus on what matters. Find those things and the rest generally falls in to place eventually.